How long does it take to read The Best Poems of the English Language?
The Best Poems of the English Language by Harold Bloom takes about 18 hours 29 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 18 hours 29 minutes
A long haul
First published 2004. 1,008 pages, about 277,200 words.
37 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 30 hours 48 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 18 hours 29 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 11 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: English poetry, American poetry, Poetry, collections
